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Heather Byrd

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I am a Pastor in the Nazarene Church. A broken person who surrenders to God’s call everyday.

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Dear God, As you draw me ever deeper into your heart, I discover that my companions on the journey are women and men loved by you as fully and as intimately as I am. In your compassionate heart, there is a place for all of them. No one is excluded. Give me a share in your…


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It’s easier to treat Jesus as a one-way-ticket to heaven as opposed to following Jesus to the margins here and now: to feed the hungry to care for the sick to forgive debts to welcome the stranger. But that’s where Jesus is. And that’s the Kingdom come.


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We are not shaped by a string of events that simply happen to us. We are shaped by the ways we act, react, adapt, change and grow as a result of those events.


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My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the 4 passages used to restrict women. Shame on me. I wasted those 4 yrs of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper “due diligence”, laying aside 50 years of…

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In the gospel of Luke, the prodigal son doesn't return home because of a renewed love for his father. He comes back home simply to survive because he ran out of money and is starving. And his father is perfectly fine with that. Just come home. God just wants you home.


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At least 50% of elected/called church leaders and pastors should be women


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"A congregation should develop the reputation in its neighborhood that it is the place to go when one is in trouble." - Tom Nees


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“When the mission of God truly captures our heart, being the body of Christ in the world becomes more important to us than being defensive gatekeepers of the church.” - @djvannest


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The President has not been silenced. He has a press room right in his house. He’s more than welcome to step up to the podium, speak and even take some questions. He is not a victim


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